Head-to-Head Pricing Benchmark
Side-by-side pricing and context window comparison for production model selection.
Default Recommendation (120M input + 60M output)
Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research is lower-cost for the default monthly workload scenario.
Adjust the workload in the calculator below to see a live recommendation for your usage.
| Metric | Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research | Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | perplexity | perplexity |
| Context Window | 128,000 | 128,000 |
| Max Output Tokens | — | — |
| Input Cost / 1M Tokens | $2.00 | $2.00 |
| Output Cost / 1M Tokens | $8.00 | $8.00 |
| Projected Monthly Cost | $720 | $720 |
| Vision | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
| Tool Calling | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Structured Output | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Reasoning | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Web Search | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Tokenizer | Other | Other |
| MMLU Score | N/A | N/A |
Price History
Current Input / 1M
$2.00
Current Output / 1M
$8.00
Price History
Current Input / 1M
$2.00
Current Output / 1M
$8.00
Performance History
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Performance History
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Uptime
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Adjust your workload to see projected monthly costs.
Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research
$720
per month
Lower costPerplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro
$720
per month
Live Recommendation
Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research is lower-cost at 120M input + 60M output tokens/month.
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